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Winter 2016
energysafe issue 44
Prosecutions and infringements
ESV has recently taken
legal proceedings against
the following individuals
and companies.
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Peter Dixon of Frankston appeared in
Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with
carrying out electrical work when unlicensed.
He was fined $2000 without conviction plus
an additional $1889 costs.
Alo Kepsner of Toolern Vale, LEIW, appeared
in Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with
one count of holding out to be a REC, six
counts of carrying out electrical contracting
work and six counts of failing to compile a
COES. He was convicted and fined $1300
plus $1747.35 costs.
Shane Winstone of Endeavour Hills, LEIW,
appeared in Frankston Magistrates Court
charged with holding out as willing to carry
out electrical work when not registered,
carrying out electrical work when not registered
and installing unsafe electrical equipment.
He received an aggregate conviction and was
fined $12,000 plus $1850 costs.
Arron Laing of Cranbourne, REC-LEIW,
appeared in Ringwood Magistrates Court
charged with installing unsafe electrical
equipment, carrying out electrical work that
made a building unsafe, performing noncompliant electrical installation work and failing
to have work inspected or complete a COES.
Infringement notice
summary
Infringement notices
2016
Types of infringement
notices issued
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He was fined $1500 without conviction and
ordered to pay a further $1500 costs.
LRM Contractors (Vic) Pty Ltd, an excavation
company of Footscray, was charged at
Melbourne Magistrates Court with making an
opening in the ground above an underground
electric line so as to endanger the line. The
company was fined $2000 without conviction
LRM company director Simon Razzi of South
Morang was released on an undertaking to be
of good behaviour for 12 months and ordered
to pay $500 to the court fund plus $1800 costs.
Brendan Hermence of Reservoir, REC-LEIW,
appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court
charged with failing to have prescribed electrical
work inspected, failing to give a COES to the
person requesting the work and failing to give
a COES for prescribed electrical work to ESV.
Hermence was convicted and fined $1000 plus
$1749.80 costs.
Gold Leaf (Preston) Restaurant Pty Ltd was
charged with failing to comply with a gas
disconnection notice. Broadmeadows
Magistrates Court ordered released Gold Leaf
on an undertaking to be of good behaviour
and ordered it to pay $1000 to the Court Fund
plus $1200 in costs.
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Darren Casha. Fine without conviction
$12,000 was reduced to on appeal in the
County Court to; released on a undertaking
to be of good behaviour with $1000 payment
to the Royal Childrens’ Hospital plus $3500
costs to ESV. Similarly Global Electrical
Solutions Pty Ltd Fine without conviction
$5000 reduced on appeal in the County
Court to $3500.
Global Electric Solutions Pty Ltd of Avondale
Heights, unregistered contractor, was charged
with two counts of carrying on electrical
contracting work when not registered,
employing an unlicensed person to carry
out electrical work and giving misleading
information to ESV.
Mohamad Adra of Epping, unregistered,
was convicted in Broadmeadows Magistrates
Court of offering to carry out electrical work
when not registered and carrying out electrical
contracting when not registered and. He
was convicted and fined $2000. Adra was
also charged with using the title of plumber
and carrying out plumbing work when not
a registered or licensed plumber. He was
convicted and fined $5000 and ordered
to pay $2478.38 in costs.
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Aug 15
Sep 15
Oct 15
Nov 15
Dec 15
Jan 16
Feb 16
Mar 16
Apr 16
May 16
Jun 16
Jul 16
Total
14
2
10
0
4
8
15
5
7
14
7
0
86
REC LEW
Other
May 16
Jun 16
Offence
code
Offence
Penalty
OTHER
6250
Supply non-complying equipment
$607
OTHER
6250
Supply non-complying equipment
$607
OTHER
6250
Supply non-complying equipment
$607
OTHER
6250
Supply non-complying equipment
$607
OTHER
6381
Supply non-complying equipment
$3,033
OTHER
6381
Supply non-complying equipment
$3,033
REC
6298
Fails to give electronic notice
$303
LEW
6211
Unregistered person carries out work
$758
REC
6232
Fail to have work inspected by inspector
$607
REC
6233
Fail to have connected work inspected
$607
REC
6233
Fail to have connected work inspected
$607
REC
6233
Fail to have connected work inspected
$607
REC
6242
Fails to give certificate within time
$152
OTHER
3588
Gasfitting work did not comply
$607
LEW
6298
Fails to give electronic notice
$303
REC
6377
Non-complying installation work
$3,792
REC
6232
Fail to have work inspected by inspector
$607
LEW
6233
Fail to have connected work inspected
$607
REC
6242
Fails to give certificate within time
$152
REC
3588
Gasfitting work did not comply
$607
LEI
1504
Fails to notify defects
$303